Paton report, 1955-1959

Containers:

Box 33

Component identifier:

File 199

Content Summary:

Copy of report no. 438 'Further consideration of the Paton Report on the National Library Separation of National and Parliamentary Libraries', report no. 430 'Report of the National Library Inquiry Committee 1956-57 (the 'Paton' Committee), correspondence between C.E.W. Bean and K.E. Granger re. control of National Archives, copy of I. Maclean paper 'Modern public records administration and the relations of records officers' delivered at Sydney University Summer School in Archives, 1957.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The original consignment of MS 7599 was collected from the home of Sir Harold White by Library staff in 1988. A number of further instalments were subsequently received from Sir Harold and members of his family.

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